SPY VERSUS SPY US ‘blacklists’ SA flight academy caught up in Chinese military training and security risk saga 4 min 0 By Caryn Dolley
BUSINESS REFLECTION After the Bell: South African SOEs — one corporate ring to rule them all 4 min 4 By Tim Cohen
PUTIN PREDICAMENT Ramaphosa to call China’s Xi while Cabinet silent on moving BRICS Summit 4 min 5 By Victoria O’Regan and Peter Fabricius
TURNING POINT OP-ED The fourth scramble for Africa – an opportunity for Africans to dictate the rules of the game 8 min 0 By Mandira Bagwandeen
ISS TODAY OP-ED Nigeria should proactively engage China for free trade success and greater agency 4 min 0 By Teniola Tayo and Muhammed Badamasi
ARMS LENGTH US calls on South Africa to persuade Russia to comply with treaty that limits nuclear weapons 4 min 2 By Peter Fabricius
GROUNDUP Bulldozers clear way for mine through pristine Lower Zambezi National Park 6 min 2 By Charles Mafa
WAR IN UKRAINE Russia relay — Presidency’s intelligence minister jets off to Moscow a week after the army chief’s visit 2 min 23 By Ferial Haffajee
PARLIAMENT Beijing’s offer of help in power crisis was why Eskom chief tagged along to China – Gordhan 3 min 6 By Marianne Merten
COMPANY REPORT Richemont boasts outstanding results as demand for luxury goods burgeons 4 min 0 By Georgina Crouth
DIRCO BUDGET Pandor and DA clash in Parliament on hypocrisy, implied democracy and human rights deficit in BRICS 3 min 23 By Peter Fabricius
ROLLING BLACKOUTS Eskom head in China as South Africa grapples with acute outages 2 min 4 By Bloomberg
CHINESE DOMINATION Ding Liren defies odds to become China’s first men’s world Chess champion 4 min 0 By Alessandro Parodi for Reuters
FOOD SECURITY Smoke and Mirrors – President Putin’s grandstanding on Black Sea Grain Initiative 5 min 0 By Peter Fabricius
BUSINESS REFLECTION After the Bell: Africa’s population growth will blow your mind 4 min 6 By Unknown Author
ISS TODAY OP-ED Ukraine war likely to negatively impact Africa economic growth for next 20 years 5 min 0 By Jakkie Cilliers for ISS TODAY
POLITICS & THE PANDEMIC Republican report on Covid origins pushes lab leak hypothesis 3 min 1 By Bloomberg
LEFT FIELD Cold warning – neos and unis will be no more in the ANC’s new bipolar world order 5 min 1 By Shaun de Waal
IMF WORLD ECONOMIC OUTLOOK SA’s embrace of global pariah Russia could have serious foreign direct investment consequences 3 min 2 By Ed Stoddard
ENGINE FAILURE No cars, no jobs – Chinese auto industry venture in Gqeberha shows little activity seven years after launch 1 min 15 By Max Matavire
GEOPOLITICS ‘From the edge of the sky to the ends of the earth’ – China’s ever-expanding reach 9 min 9 By J Brooks Spector